Brett Cox, Band Director of the Marching Chargers, as well as the Symphonic, Concert and Jazz Bands, is currently in his 3rd year of teaching at Northwood. A native of Denton, NC, he attended Southwestern Randolph High School, where he served as Drum Major. He attended UNC at Chapel Hill where he received a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music Education. While at Carolina, he studied trombone with Mike Kris and conducting with Tonu Kalam and Dr. Evan Feldman. Cox is a member of the North Carolina Music Educators Association and the NC Central District Bandmaster’s Association. He also dedicates time to serving in the band at the Point Church in Cary, NC. In his spare time, Cox enjoys spending time with his wife of 2 years, Kerrin, and their Goldendoodle, Bella. This is Matthew Hanson’s 5th year at NHS teaching choral music and guitar. He is a graduate of UNC-G where he received both his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Hanson is an active member of the National Association for Music Education as well as the American Choral Director’s Association. He serves as faculty advisor for the Tri-M Music Honor Society, music director/arranger for Northwood’s a cappella group, Pitch Please, and as assistant band director for the Marching Chargers. He resides just outside of Asheboro with his wife, Rebekah, his daughter, Annabelle, and their dog, Ellie.
upcoming events
Band Fall Fruit Sale (tinyurl.com/nhsfruit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now–Nov 4 Marching Charger Band Trip to Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 23-23 Marching Chargers at Cary Band Day, Cary HS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 29 Marching Band Family and Friends Final Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 1 Fall Play, Queening Alice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 3–5 Paperhand Puppets Residency Performances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 19–20 Winter Dance Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 9 | 7 pm Winter Dance Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 10 | 2 & 7 pm Holiday Band/Chorus Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 20 Winter Art Show & Senior Exhibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan 6 & 7 | 7–8 pm
NorthwoodArts Patrons
NHSAEF is grateful for your volunteer service and generous gifts supporting the NorthwoodArts students and teachers. Visit www.NHSAEF.org to contribute online or mail your year-end gift to NHSAEF ✶ PO Box 894 ✶ Pittsboro, NC 27312
Contribute to Pitch Please GoFundMe Campaign!
https://www.gofundme.com/pitchplease Applause ($10–$49) Anonymous Greg Hesterberg Ken Howell Jeanne Martin Kathleen Wright McNeill Rose & Chip Pate Amanda Robertson Hats Off ($50—$74) Anonymous Mark & Elaine Brown Lib Harriss Jennifer Shi Marianne Meeker Cerina Ziemke
Curtain Call ($75—$99) Anonymous Encore ($100—$124) Anonymous James Barrett Sean Edwards Wende Lewis Oakes Family Abbie McGee Francis Wilson Show Stoppers ($125–$499) Scott Lewis
Benefactors ($500+) Kirk Hanson Harrison Family Anonymous Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Anonymous Students & Young Alumni Kaitlyn Jones
Northwood Music Department
NHS Choral Ensembles Matthew Hanson, conductor NHS Symphonic Band & Ensembles Brett Cox, conductor
Fall Concert Thursday, October 20, 2016
7 pm | Northwood High School
Soprano
Olivia Somers Hannah Urbas▲ Heather Drake Savannah Her Jessica Goodman
Soprano
Pitch Please
Alto
Ali Knowles Sarah Beck Brenda Ruto▲ Sydney McGee
Vocals 1
Kendra Allen Kayleigh Blackburn Destiny DiBenedetto Makyah Evans Melinda Frazier Julianna Greene Lizette Gonzalez-Mesa Morgan Hubay Malaea Maetani Julissa Marquez Guadalupe Clara Mellows Sierra Robillard Carolina Rocha-Trenado Courtney Sanders Dae Santos Morgan Simmons Lena Thorne Hannah Weigle Audrey Winn Courtney Upchurch
Flute
Tala Farah Ella Hammond Sadie Hazen Rian Sanders
Oboe
Beatrice Somers
Clarinet
Shelby Brinker Lauren Chubb Andrew Conte* Jimmy Correia Emily Hayman Emily Miskow* Sandra Schaedler*
Tenor I
Andrew Bonomolo Jacob Buster Connor Lewis▲ Timmie White Christopher Keesor
Alto
Thaily Alvarez Auma Asiyo Marie-Helene Boudreau Nicole Campbell Samantha Dial* Trinity Edmonds Cheyenne Ellis Shaniya Faucette Katharina Floyd Kristin Kennihan Madeline Loops Eva Mann Rachel McWilliams Ava Morency Leah Nelson* Katie Santos Kiersten Simmons Aylin Vazquez Molina Violetta Wolovich
Symphonic Band Alto Saxophone
Soren Davis Dimitri Holst Katelynn Ocariza* Haydn Spurrell Andrew Wheeler
Tenor Sax
Gray Windsor
Trumpet
Brandon Guzman Ramirez Nolan Holmberg* Glenn Lassiter III Sasha Swift Eddie Ward
*▲Seniors
TriM Music Honor Society
Program
Bass
Randall Dowdy Corbin Edwards▲ Emerson Batsche William Ramos
Pitch Please
Cathedrals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jump Little Children, arr. M. Hanson Jacob Buster, solo I Was Here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyonce, arr. M. Hanson Andrew Bonomolo, solo
Tenor
Zachary Baggett Randall Dowdy Marcus Jackson Kevin Martinez Perez Christopher Medina Sebastian Mehriger Oliver Poteete Royal Redding
Bass
Caleb Autry Kenneth Duvall Harper Johnson Johnathan Kautz* Kamron Minor Wiliam Mitchell* Moses Palacios-Rosas Josh Pendelton* Dylan Walker
Beginning Mixed Chorus Singabahambayo. . . . . . . South African Folk Song, arr. Victor C. Johnson Randall Dowdy, djembe
Singabahambayo thina kulomhlaba kepha sinekhaya eZulwini sithi haleluya
We are pilgrims on this earth, but our home is in heaven. We say Hallelujah!
Blackbird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lennon & McCartney, arr. Audrey Snyder Caleb Autry, solo
Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) from Requium . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Farrell Smith
Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla. Voca me cum benedictis. Salva me fons pietatis.
Day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world into embers As David prophesied with the Sibyl. Call me to be with the blessed. Save me, fount of pity.
Homeward Bound. . . . . . . words & music Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse Lizette Gonzalez-Mesa, solo
Trombone
Kristian Eanes* Sarah Terzotis
Euphonium
Clayton Dillon Moses Palacios-Rosas*
Tuba
Nathan Jones Beth Ann Quinn
Percussion
Randall Dowdy Christopher Esther Max Gore* Natalie Hammond Noah Hrynewych*
NHS Symphonic Band (Chamber Ensemble performances will be announed from the stage.)
Korean Folk Song Medley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James D. Ployhar Sure on This Shining Night. . . . . Samuel Barber, arr. Richard L. Saucedo Sure on this shining night Of star made shadows round, Kindness must watch for me This side the ground. The late year lies down the north. All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole. Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone Of shadows on the stars.
—James Agee (1934)
Visigoths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean O’Loughlin
Soprano
Olivia Somers Hannah Urbas▲ Heather Drake Savannah Her Jessica Goodman
Soprano
Pitch Please
Alto
Ali Knowles Sarah Beck Brenda Ruto▲ Sydney McGee
Vocals 1
Kendra Allen Kayleigh Blackburn Destiny DiBenedetto Makyah Evans Melinda Frazier Julianna Greene Lizette Gonzalez-Mesa Morgan Hubay Malaea Maetani Julissa Marquez Guadalupe Clara Mellows Sierra Robillard Carolina Rocha-Trenado Courtney Sanders Dae Santos Morgan Simmons Lena Thorne Hannah Weigle Audrey Winn Courtney Upchurch
Flute
Tala Farah Ella Hammond Sadie Hazen Rian Sanders
Oboe
Beatrice Somers
Clarinet
Shelby Brinker Lauren Chubb Andrew Conte* Jimmy Correia Emily Hayman Emily Miskow* Sandra Schaedler*
Tenor I
Andrew Bonomolo Jacob Buster Connor Lewis▲ Timmie White Christopher Keesor
Alto
Thaily Alvarez Auma Asiyo Marie-Helene Boudreau Nicole Campbell Samantha Dial* Trinity Edmonds Cheyenne Ellis Shaniya Faucette Katharina Floyd Kristin Kennihan Madeline Loops Eva Mann Rachel McWilliams Ava Morency Leah Nelson* Katie Santos Kiersten Simmons Aylin Vazquez Molina Violetta Wolovich
Symphonic Band Alto Saxophone
Soren Davis Dimitri Holst Katelynn Ocariza* Haydn Spurrell Andrew Wheeler
Tenor Sax
Gray Windsor
Trumpet
Brandon Guzman Ramirez Nolan Holmberg* Glenn Lassiter III Sasha Swift Eddie Ward
*▲Seniors
TriM Music Honor Society
Program
Bass
Randall Dowdy Corbin Edwards▲ Emerson Batsche William Ramos
Pitch Please
Cathedrals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jump Little Children, arr. M. Hanson Jacob Buster, solo I Was Here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyonce, arr. M. Hanson Andrew Bonomolo, solo
Tenor
Zachary Baggett Randall Dowdy Marcus Jackson Kevin Martinez Perez Christopher Medina Sebastian Mehriger Oliver Poteete Royal Redding
Bass
Caleb Autry Kenneth Duvall Harper Johnson Johnathan Kautz* Kamron Minor Wiliam Mitchell* Moses Palacios-Rosas Josh Pendelton* Dylan Walker
Beginning Mixed Chorus Singabahambayo. . . . . . . South African Folk Song, arr. Victor C. Johnson Randall Dowdy, djembe
Singabahambayo thina kulomhlaba kepha sinekhaya eZulwini sithi haleluya
We are pilgrims on this earth, but our home is in heaven. We say Hallelujah!
Blackbird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lennon & McCartney, arr. Audrey Snyder Caleb Autry, solo
Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) from Requium . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Farrell Smith
Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla. Voca me cum benedictis. Salva me fons pietatis.
Day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world into embers As David prophesied with the Sibyl. Call me to be with the blessed. Save me, fount of pity.
Homeward Bound. . . . . . . words & music Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse Lizette Gonzalez-Mesa, solo
Trombone
Kristian Eanes* Sarah Terzotis
Euphonium
Clayton Dillon Moses Palacios-Rosas*
Tuba
Nathan Jones Beth Ann Quinn
Percussion
Randall Dowdy Christopher Esther Max Gore* Natalie Hammond Noah Hrynewych*
NHS Symphonic Band (Chamber Ensemble performances will be announed from the stage.)
Korean Folk Song Medley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James D. Ployhar Sure on This Shining Night. . . . . Samuel Barber, arr. Richard L. Saucedo Sure on this shining night Of star made shadows round, Kindness must watch for me This side the ground. The late year lies down the north. All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole. Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone Of shadows on the stars.
—James Agee (1934)
Visigoths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean O’Loughlin
Brett Cox, Band Director of the Marching Chargers, as well as the Symphonic, Concert and Jazz Bands, is currently in his 3rd year of teaching at Northwood. A native of Denton, NC, he attended Southwestern Randolph High School, where he served as Drum Major. He attended UNC at Chapel Hill where he received a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music Education. While at Carolina, he studied trombone with Mike Kris and conducting with Tonu Kalam and Dr. Evan Feldman. Cox is a member of the North Carolina Music Educators Association and the NC Central District Bandmaster’s Association. He also dedicates time to serving in the band at the Point Church in Cary, NC. In his spare time, Cox enjoys spending time with his wife of 2 years, Kerrin, and their Goldendoodle, Bella. This is Matthew Hanson’s 5th year at NHS teaching choral music and guitar. He is a graduate of UNC-G where he received both his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Hanson is an active member of the National Association for Music Education as well as the American Choral Director’s Association. He serves as faculty advisor for the Tri-M Music Honor Society, music director/arranger for Northwood’s a cappella group, Pitch Please, and as assistant band director for the Marching Chargers. He resides just outside of Asheboro with his wife, Rebekah, his daughter, Annabelle, and their dog, Ellie.
upcoming events
Band Fall Fruit Sale (tinyurl.com/nhsfruit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now–Nov 4 Marching Charger Band Trip to Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 23-23 Marching Chargers at Cary Band Day, Cary HS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 29 Marching Band Family and Friends Final Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 1 Fall Play, Queening Alice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 3–5 Paperhand Puppets Residency Performances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 19–20 Winter Dance Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 9 | 7 pm Winter Dance Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 10 | 2 & 7 pm Holiday Band/Chorus Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 20 Winter Art Show & Senior Exhibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan 6 & 7 | 7–8 pm
NorthwoodArts Patrons
NHSAEF is grateful for your volunteer service and generous gifts supporting the NorthwoodArts students and teachers. Visit www.NHSAEF.org to contribute online or mail your year-end gift to NHSAEF ✶ PO Box 894 ✶ Pittsboro, NC 27312
Contribute to Pitch Please GoFundMe Campaign!
https://www.gofundme.com/pitchplease Applause ($10–$49) Anonymous Greg Hesterberg Ken Howell Jeanne Martin Kathleen Wright McNeill Rose & Chip Pate Amanda Robertson Hats Off ($50—$74) Anonymous Mark & Elaine Brown Lib Harriss Jennifer Shi Marianne Meeker Cerina Ziemke
Curtain Call ($75—$99) Anonymous Encore ($100—$124) Anonymous James Barrett Sean Edwards Wende Lewis Oakes Family Abbie McGee Francis Wilson Show Stoppers ($125–$499) Scott Lewis
Benefactors ($500+) Kirk Hanson Harrison Family Anonymous Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Anonymous Students & Young Alumni Kaitlyn Jones
Northwood Music Department
NHS Choral Ensembles Matthew Hanson, conductor NHS Symphonic Band & Ensembles Brett Cox, conductor
Fall Concert Thursday, October 20, 2016
7 pm | Northwood High School